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animallittle3
They had at 3 opportunities to win that game yesterday did OZ with the last pair and blew the lot .
They could have run Stokes out earlier when we still needed 30 odd and threw it to the wrong end .
The catch Stokes offered up down at fine leg was difficult in all fairness but I've seen em taken before .
Lyon balls it too when we needed only 2 and the pressure did for him , the coolest man out there was Ben Stokes .
The reverse sweep for six is one of the greatest cricket shots I've ever seen given the state of the game and what was on the line .
It's incredible that Stokes can find that sort of shot at those times as he did in the WC final under that sort of pressure .
Some people are just born to produce that but they are an extremely rare breed and even then twice in 6 weeks is absolutely staggering .
When you can't take in what's happening before you because it's just much too much for an human being to absorb then you know it's off the scale .
Only Hollywood movies tend to end like that and that's just fantasy .
Yesterday was reality , incredible .
Just glad I witnessed it live cos when we were 9 darn I thought we were completely done for and could easily have turned the channel over in frustration if truth be told. However, I didn't and am bleeding chuffed a dint. These moments in sport are as rare as rockinghossshyte and it was a pleasure to witness. Oh to have been there though! Those at headingley yesterday will never forget that day as long as they live.
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